Watch: Was Robert Mugabe’s speech swapped on Sunday? [Video]

The internet is awash with conspiracy theories... But, there's very little 'conspiracy' about this.

We think many of us have said that we couldn’t believe our eyes, watching Robert Mugabe’s rambling non-resignation speech on Sunday. So it perhaps makes sense that a blatant attempt to swap the speech flew under the radar.

So mesmerised were we by Bob’s swirling tirade of nonsense, we might have missed something major. At first, the internet community – and the beady eyed folks on Twitter – spotted a rather inconspicuous bit of paper-shuffling during the address.

Did Robert Mugabe swap his resignation speech?

Or was Robert Mugabe handed the wrong speech?

Did you see that? It appears that one of the generals on Mugabe’s right hand side moved documents off the table, before Bob picked up another stack of papers and read them.

This lead to some theorists suggesting that Mugabe was actually given the ‘wrong speech’. This claim began late last night, when he finished his address with what was believed to be the sentence; ‘that was a long speech’. Perhaps his l’s and his r’s might have got mixed up?

Just another internet conspiracy theory? Oh no. No, this is something that really did happen. War Veteran’s Christopher Mutsvangwa confirmed that Mugabe did orchestrate a speech swap last night, when addressing the media at a 10:00 conference on Monday morning:

“Yesterday the party recalled him. Today they will be calling on the various provinces to make sure the impeachment proceedings will begin. We are disappointed yesterday in the midst of all those army generals he swapped and read another document.”

Myth-busted: The official word is YES. Mugabe swapped speeches

The impeachment process will kick-off today, as it seems certain Bob will have no change of heart before a noon deadline to resign. Whether you choose to do things the simple or hard way, all roads now lead to an exit, Mr Mugabe